taxicab geometry
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the distance travelled by a taxicab in a grid of streets that cross at right angles to each other.
Noun
[edit]taxicab geometry (uncountable)
- (geometry) A non-Euclidean geometry in which the distance between two points is the sum of the absolute differences between their corresponding coordinates.
Translations
[edit]type of geometry
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